The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30
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At The recent session q TIE eoafer.
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= The United States at Warrington.
called By the president Of tie Ne.
tieual Association Of Wool Growvrs.
the following was unanimously adopt-
I'd:
The wool-dealers and woofgrowers
Of the United Statea represeating .
capital Of over $500. 600 900 a.d . con-
stitueney Of 1000. 100 wool-4rowers
and wool-dealer4 assembled In confer
ence in the City Of Wash ington. hav-
ing read the first annual message Of
the President to the Fiftieth Congress,
declare that the sentiments Of the mes
sage are direct attack upon their in
dustry. one Of the most important Of
the country. and In positive violation
Of the National Democratic platform
Of 1884. as interpreted by the party
leaders and accepted BY the rank and
file Of the party; that the argument
made by the President for the removal
Of our protection against foreign COM
petition Is the old one repeatedly made
by the enemies of our Industrial prog
ress, and effectively answered in nearly
every school district of our land. and
so thoroughly disproved BY the logic
IOf facts and demonstration of expert
|ence and history as to need no answer
from us.
We acknowledge that our "small
holdings" our scattered and morgan
lied condition. make % the easy prey
Of the free-trader. but We had . right
to expect something different from tho
Chief Executive Of the Nation at once
the most happy. prosperous and con-
tented of any of the world. made 50 by
. policy Of protection and development
which he now seeks to destroy. We
had q right to expect our President
would favor the wool-growers Of the
United States, and confess our deep
disappointment that instead he favors
the interests Of our foreign competitors.
Justly alarmed at his position. We
make an appeal from his recommends.
ton to all the people-to the z, ESQ. 600
of our fellow-citizens engaged in agri.
culture. to the millions engaged in
manufacturing. to the army Of wage
earners whose wages are maintained
BY the protective system, to the trades
men and merchants, whose prosperity
depends upon confident that the
judgment and decision will be based
upon justice and patriotism, and there
fore, for the maintenance Of the
American policy Of protection. to
which the country is indebted for its
unexampied development and pros
perity.
To demonstrate the injustice of the
President's policy and fallacy Of the
remedy he proposes for the reduction
of the surplus. we point to the fact
that if the whole amount of the rev.
enue derived from wool was abolished
it would reduce the surplus only about
8. 900. 600. or less than 10 cents per
capita of the population. which is paid
by foreigners. while the old war taxes
he recommends retained yield over
$119. 600. 900. and is n direct tax per
capita Of q each. and is what makes
up the great bulk of tho surplus Of
$145. 900. 900 and which fosters almost
monopoly.
We would further add the following
statistics in regard to the wool in
dustry. The annual revenue derived
from imports under the tariff of 1867
was less than $1.70O.O 900. Under the
reduced tariff Of 1888 the revenue last
year was over s. 600. 600 The number
Of sheep in the country in 1884 was
so. 626. 826. in 1887 A. 759.314, a de-
crease of nearly 5000. 900 and dinli-
mutton of the annual wool product of
over 81. 600. 900. thus showing that re-
lucing the tariff by the act of 1888 has
the revenue from imported
woods and diminished the number Of
sheep in the United States about Il
per cent. and the annual product in
the same proportion.
The Presidents policy would bring
about the destruction of this industry.
and the same policy Of reduction or
abolition of the tariff would enl in
disaster to all the other industrial
productive enterprises Of tho country.